Oedipus Quotes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 I would not have you speak through messengersAnd therefore I have come myself to hear you- | Oedipus |
| A rust consumes the buds and fruits of the earth; The herds are sick;children die unborn; and labor is in vain | Priest |
| the god commands us to expel from the land of Theves an old defilement we are sheltering | Creon |
| Until now I was a stranger to this tale AS I had been a stranger to the crime | Oedipus |
| thus I associate myself with the oracle and take the side of the murdered king | Oedipus |
| ...No man in the world Can make the gods do more than the gods will | Oedipus |
| How dreadful knowledge of truth can be When there's no help in truth! I knew this well, But made myself forget. I should not have come | Teriresias |
| I say you live in hideous shame with those Most dear to yo. YOu can not see the evil. | Teiresias |
| He has brought this decrepit fortune-teller, this Collector of dirty pennies, this prophet fraud- | Oedipus |
| I am told that heavy accusations Have been brought against me... | Creon |
| ...I am the kind of man Who holds his tongue when he has no facts to go on. | Creon |
| I am welcome everywhere; every man salutes me, And those who want your favor seek my ear... | Creon |
| Poor foolish men, what wicked din is this? With Thebes sick to death, is it not shameful That you should rake some private quarrel up? | Iocasté |
| Have no dread of them [prophets]. It is God himself Who can show us what he wills, in his own way | Iocasté |
| He came to me, touched my hand with his, and begged That I would send him away to the frontier district Where only the shepards go. | Iocasté |
| The groom leading the horses Forced me off the road at his Lord's command... | Oedipus |
| But come; let someone go For the shepard at once. This matter must be settled. | Oedipus |
| If I am not telling the truth may I die myself | Messenger |
| For God's love, let us have no more questioning! Is your life nothing to you! MY own is pain enough for me to beat. | Iocasté |
| You will die now unless you speak the truth | Oedipus |
| Ah God! It was true! All the prophecies! | Oedipus |
| Surely, friend, we have grief enough already; What new sorrow do you mean? | Choragos |
| He is calling for somemone to lead him to the gates So that all the children of Kadmos may look upon His father's murderer, his mother's--no, I cannot not say it! | Second Messenger |
| Apollo. Apollo. Dear Children, the god was Apollo. He brought my sick, sick fate upon me. | Oedipus |
| Oh never to have come here With my father's blood upon me. | Oedipus |
| I have not come to mock you,..., Or to reproach you, either. | Creon |
| The woman in there-- Give her whatever funeral you think proper; She is your sister. | Oedipus |
| Children: I could say much, if you could only understand me, but as it is, I have only this prayer for you; Live where you can, be as happy as you can-- Happier, please God than God has made your father! | Oedipus |
| Think no longer That you are in command here, but rather think How, when you were, you served your own destruction | Creon |
| No mortal eyes but looked on him with envy, Yet in the end ruin swept over him. | Choragos |
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